From top to bottom, left to right: Jennifer Angus in front of the "Eupholus Bennetti" installation, "Surrounded", "Cross", "Goliathus Hercules" installation view, "Lavender Room" (detail)

"When you first enter the space, you are greeted with something you think you knowâ€”that is, a patterned wallpaper that could be in anyoneâ€™s home. However, upon closer examination you discover it is made up of insects. I know very few people who welcome insects into their home. In fact, we have a certain hysteria about insects, particularly when found inside.

Culturally insects signal dirtiness and disease to us. Some of that hysteria is based upon fact. For example, the bubonic plague was spread by fleas that resided on rats, West Nile virus is spread by mosquitos, and I read recently that cockroaches in a crowded apartment block in Hong Kong may have helped spread SARS. However, most insects are quite harmless and donâ€™t deserve the blast of Raid that we generally inflict upon them..."